Monthly Archives: December 2014

I’d like to announce some changes that will help members better communicate with the staff.

First, we have a new staff [at] minecartrapidtransit.net e-mail address, which replace the old mod [at] minecartrapidtransit.net address. E-mails sent to the staff list will still be sent to both moderators and administrators. The old mod mailing list will be removed by the end of week, so please be sure to update your address books accordingly.

Second, we now have new forms for submitting Trustee Endorsements, and for City Rank Promotion Requests (for Senator/Governor/Premier promotions):

Please use these forms instead of e-mail the staff directly. If you have recently sent an endorsement or request to staff by e-mail, then be assured that we have your request recorded in our system. However, any further endorsements or requests sent by e-mail from this point forward will not be honoured, and you will be directed to submit your request using these forms instead.

Plans for MRT system expansion

We are preparing to enter the next phase of MRT line construction. While we won’t start construction for a while, at the meeting we outlined what lines should be prioritized.

Because it has the fewest stations, the Zephyr South line will be extended all the way to its terminus in Zaquar. This project will be started soon.

The perimeter lines – Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern – are coming soon! We will start with the Eastern line in early 2015 and build out the other lines as the year goes on.

As perimeter lines are built we may extend the existing lines out to meet them, or out to their final terminus stations.

If you have a city on the corridors of either the Zephyr South or Eastern lines, we will be reaching out to you over the next few weeks to make sure we can get the line to your city.

Public discussion on maturity

During the public portion of the meeting, we held a community roundtable discussion on how to improve the maturity of the server and Mumble, specifically concerning suggestive comments. The discussion resulted in some policy changes:

Suggestive comments and constructions are completely banned from the Minecraft server. Period.* Players making suggestive comments in chat or explicitly suggestive builds may receive a formal warning. This ban includes, but is not limited to:

Public (global) chat channel

Project chat channels, P1 through P4

Constructions built in the world, especially franchises that are built specifically for making a suggestive statement. Staff will be asking players who have made a lot of these builds to remove or rename them.

Suggestive comments are banned from most Mumble channels. Public channels and existing project channels must be safe for work and free of these comments. However, if you want to participate in these conversations, you have two options:

Create a locked channel yourself. We will post tutorials on the wiki and YouTube on how to do this.

Join the channel labeled “Late Night Mumble – Warning: contains suggestive conversations – Mature Players Only”. This channel does not have a password on it. Do not join this channel if you are uncomfortable with suggestive comments.

* To clarify, this applies to the Minecraft / Spigot servers operating on the minecartrapidtransit.net domain.

We made these policy changes to try to benefit everyone. If you have questions or feedback on these policies, especially if you disagree with them, please let the admins know.

Additionally, if you believe someone is offending you with suggestive comments or creations, please let the admins know so we can investigate the situation. We will not punish you for letting us know of something that’s bothering you.